A Feast for Watchful Servants

A photo of a snail and spiraea japonica speaking the couplet, "A Feast for Watchful Servants."
โ€œA Feast for Watchful Servantsโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:35-38
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œGird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their masterโ€™s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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Secret Friendship

โ€œLockdownโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

11th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)

2 Kings 2:1-14, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

โ€œBut when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret.Read the rest

That They May Be One

Byzantine icon, The Mystical Supper

John 17:11b-19

โ€œHoly Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.โ€

John 17:11

Whatโ€™s in a Name?

In the Old Testament, names stood for the character and mission of a person, as when Abram became Abraham, or Jacob became Israel.… Read the rest

What is Friendship?

Russian icon, The Mystical Supper (early 14th century). Fresco in Vatopedi Monastery, Mt. Athos.

5th Week of Easter, Friday

John 15:12-17

โ€œI have called you friends.โ€

Extraordinary words uttered by Jesus. Greek philosophers like Aristotle had already proven for centuries that friendship with the gods was impossible.… Read the rest

Divine Friendship

Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, Russia, 12th century

4th week of Easter, Saturday

John 14:7-14

โ€œIf you know me, then you will also know my Father.โ€

John 14:7

In an intimate friendship, there is a deep sense of feeling truly known and understood.… Read the rest